Eckington railway station

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Eckington
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Station remains in 1993
Operations
Original company Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
24 June 1840 Station opened
4 Jan 1965 Station closed[1]
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Eckington railway station was a railway station to serve Eckington in Worcestershire.

The station was opened by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1840. The buildings were "erected in the Gothic style, very much like those on some of the Scotch railways recently opened to the public."[2]

The station closed to passengers on 4 January 1965.

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Defford
Line open, station closed		   Midland Railway
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway		   Bredon
Line open, station closed

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  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ↑ Whishaw, F., (1840) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland: Practically described and illustrated London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
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